As Raith Rovers kick off the second half, it has been announced that 6,255 fans are inside Stark's Park. A good crowd will surely be Rovers' only compensation come the final whistle.

BBC Radio Scotland commentator Rob MacLean reckons this has been Rangers' best performance of the season so far. Do you agree? Raith Rovers fans - have your side just had an off day?

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Richard Wilson
BBC Scotland at Stark's Park

"They have been in command from the start and the score does not flatter Rangers at all. It has clicked into gear for Rangers tonight."

Rovers look a dispirited bunch as they troop off to the dressing-room at half-time. Rangers have been impressive in some respects with their finishing but have not had to break into top gear to subdue a lacklustre home side who appear overwhelmed by the occasion.

It looks like there's no way back now for Rovers and it is a matter of how many rampant Rangers will score as Kris Boyd has a shot deflected wide then Fraser Aird powers a thunderbolt just past the far post from 25 yards.

It is two goals within a minute for Rangers as Nicky Law gathers the ball just outside the penalty box and curls a sublime side-footed effort into the corner of the net.

Rangers midfielder Ian Black's low drive from 22 yards takes a wicked deflection off defender Paul Watson and over the head of goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw.

Rovers goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw breaths a sigh of relief as he lets a curling drive from Lewis Macleod slip through his outstretched fingers, but the ball slips wide of the far post for a Rangers corner.

That goal had been coming as Rovers hadn't heeded the warning signs. Fraser Aird has been given far too much room and Nicky Clark has also made a fine start to the game.

The striker was a goal machine two seasons ago with Queen of the South but somehow failed to make his mark in a lower division despite Rangers romping to last season's League One title.

He seems to reborn on his return to Scotland's second tier and that is his third goal of the season.

A low bobbling cross from Lee Wallace evades a defender and Kris Boyd will be disappointed with his control in front of goal as it strikes the Rangers striker on the shin and into the arms of Rovers goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw.

Fraser Aird provides the ammunition and Nicky Clark supplies the bulleted header as Rangers take a deserved lead. The striker creates enough room between himself and his marker to rise and glance the ball into the far corner past the despairing Ross Laidlaw from 12 yards from Aird's driven cross.

It is Rangers, with Canada Under-20 winger Fraser Aird pulling the strings, who are dominating proceedings in Kirkcaldy. The home side are adopting a dangerous offside trap that Kris Boyd has twice in a matter of minutes threatened to escape.

Rovers goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw does well to parry clear after a Fraser Aird drive from 22 yards takes a deflection off a defender's outstretched rear end and flies in the direction of the top corner.

Rangers striker Kris Boyd is a couple of feet short of getting on the end of a ball curled to the back post by Fraser Aird as the Rovers defence hesitate.

It is Rangers defender Bilel Mohsni's turn to cause problems at the other end, heading just wide via a deflection from a free-kick.

A Ryan Conroy free kick causes havoc in the Rangers penalty box, where Bilel Mohsni makes a hash of a clearance and goalkeeper Steve Simonsen has to beat away a close-range volley by ex-Rangers man Ross Perry. It would have been to no avail in any case as the referee blows for a foul.

Rangers are first to threaten and Rovers desperately clear their lines following a corner.

It is the first league meeting between these clubs since Rangers hammered their Kirkcaldy hosts 6-0 in April 1997.

The whistle goes at Stark's Park, where a crowd of around 7,000 is creating a rowdy atmosphere.

Rovers - facing the Ibrox men for the first time since beating them in the Ramsdens Cup final last season - name former Rangers defender Ross Perry in their side.

But manager Grant Murray was barred from selecting on-loan Rangers winger Barrie McKay against his parent club.